Suppressing detail field

[ghelfer]

How can I suppressing numeric field into detail section?
I created a parameter flag on the form to control it because sometimes I need to show this field.
Thanks in advance.

 

[lbass]

Right click on the field you want to suppress conditionally->format field->suppress->x+2 and enter:

{?SuppressThisField} = true

-LB

 

[ghelfer]

great, and I need to suppress or hide a LineObject and change the width FieldObject dynamically, is this possible?

 

[lbass]

The inserted line would have to be in its own section and then you could apply the conditionally suppression to the section.

I don't quite know what you mean by FieldObject--please be more specific and provide more details.

-LB

 

[ghelfer]

ops, FieldObject = TextObject

sometimes I need to show (Detail Section):
|Qty|Descr|Unit|TotalPrice|

and sometimes:
| Descr |Unit|

and I want to use just one report (set dynamically)
.

 

[lbass]

You can control the location of the object/field horizontally by right clicking on it->size and position and entering a conditional formula in the x+2 box for the "X" position. You have to use twips to define the distance from the field's original position, with 1440 twips = an inch. You could move the Description field to the left and the second field to the right based on formulas. Assuming the description field starts in position 1 inch in (its starting position), then you could use a formula like this:

if {table.field} = <your criterion> then
-1440 else
0

For the second object, you could use the following to move it an inch and a half to the right of its starting position:

if {table.field} = <your criterion> then
2160 else
0

So you can change the positions of the objects, but you can't change the width per se.

-LB

 

[lbass]

PS. Another approach would be to add the fields/labels in two separate sections, e.g., PH_a and PH_b and Detail_a and Detail_b. You would position the fields you want to use as you wish and then conditionally suppress the entire sections, rather than handling the positions per field/object.

-LB